Clothes wringer



March 1929. o. A'. MOONE Y ET AL 1,706,247

CLOTHES WRINGER Filed Sept. 14, 192? 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 *3 N V 3 N N Inventors; flan/vial uZMooneg and Otto Jaeyer Jttorn 6y March 19, 1929.

D. A. MOONEY ET AL CLOTHES WRINGER Filed Sept. 14, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 'IIIIIIlIIl/I/IIIIIII,

jnventvrs: ,Dcznv'eZ fl. Movney Patented Mar. 19, 1929.

UNITED. STATES,

1,706,247 PATENT orrica.

DANIEL A. MOONEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, AND OTTO JAEGEB, OF ELKINS PARK, PENN- SYLVANIA, ASSIGNOBS, IBY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO WALTER WRIGHT, OE JENKINTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

(mo-rims Applieatiqn filed September distance from the rolls ready to receive theclothes and to be operable to feed the clothes placed thereon into the bite of the rolls 5 a further object of our invention is to provlde a drain board with means for automatically tilting the same when the tables are operated.

so that the board will drain the water toward the side of the table being operated and into a receptacle located under the table which is being operated; a still further object of our I invention is to provide an indicating means upon one, or bot of the press rolls for showing the operator when the rolls are in motion and also showin the direction of rotation of said rolls, for re ucing the danger of the operator being injured bythe rolls. Accidents have occurred by the operator not being able '30 to see that the press rolls are in motion, as

devices of this kind are usually used in poorly' lighted rooms and driven by electric motors which prevent'the sound of the clothes" wringer being heard above ,the sound of the 88 motor. These,'together with various other novel features of construction and arrangement of the parts, which will be more fully l hereinafter described and claimed, constitute our invention. Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of our improved wringer; Figure 2 is an end view of the wringer, partly in section, showing the feeding tables in full lines in the normal, or inoperative position, and in dotted lines in the operative position; and Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view as on line 3-3, Figure 1.

In the drawings, in which like reference characters refer to like parts; 5 represents a frame having end bearings 6 and 7 in which are mounted the res rolls 10 and 12. The frame 5 is mounteil upon-a rotatable standard 14 having a housing 15 in which is located the wmirona.

14, 1927. Serial No. 219,393.

gear mechanism which may be turned in either direction for rotating the rolls in either 5 direction. Our invention, hereinafter described, may be embodied in any other form of power Wringers, as various other forms are now in general use.

. Thepress rolls 10 and 12 of wringers are so generally provided with a flexible covering, such as rubber. In carryiiig out our invention the press roll 10 is provided with indicating marks such as stripes 16 and 17 formed of distinguishing colors, as shown in Figures 1 and 3, The stripes 16 and 17 ma be formed upon the surface of the roll, or t e roll may be formed of materials of different colors. Said marks may be of various shapes and arranged on one or both rolls, for the purpose of better showing when the rolls are in motion and'also the direction of rotation of the rolls, thereby reducing the possibility of the operators fingers being caught in the rolls.

Feeding tables 18 and 20 are provided for feeding the clothes into the bite of thepress rolls 10 and 12 Said tables 18 and 20 comprise each a U-shaped member consisting of the'top portion 21 .extending lon 'tudinally of said rolls and end arms 22 23, carrying said portion 21, and havin their lower ends 25 curved inwardly towa 'the central vertical plane extending lengthwise of the J frame 5. The arms 22 and 23 are pivoted, by means of pins 26, to extension brackets 27 and 28, mounted upon the end members 6 and 7 of the frame '5. Said pivot pins 26 are located adjacent to the longitudinal center of the frame 5, below the .press rolls, so that the center of gravity of the tables will be outside of the frame 5, thus normally positioning the tables in the inoperative position away from the press rolls, as shown in full lines, Fi re 2.

- The tables 18 and 20 are provide with ,shoulders 30,- located at the ends. of the top plate 21 of the tables, which shoulders strike against the front vertical surface of the frame 5 and limit themovement of the tables towards the press. rolls. Said top plate 21 of each table has an extension portion 32, which projects from the line of the shoulders 30 and forms an edge on the table for forcing the clothes between the bite of the rolls when the tables are moved towards the rolls. Said shoulders 30 prevent the extension portion 32 from touching the press rolls. Said portion 1 I edge of the cover plates 41 of the frame 5,

32 occupies the full length of the space between the end bearings 6 and 7 of the frame 5, thus'for ing a guard which will prevent the fingers of the operator coming in contact with both press rolls simultaneously. If the fingers are caught between the table and the upper press roll, the fingers can be pulled out against the friction exerted by one 'roll and the table; the latter, being free to move away from the rolls, will assist the fingers in being drawn out ofdanger and free of the.

tilt the board 35 into a position which will drain the water toward the table which is operated.

. Figure 3 shows the board'35 moved into an operative position by the movement of the table 20 toward the rolls. Said table 20 may drop back to its normal position shown in full lines, Figure 2, and the drain board will not change its position until itis shifted by a movement of the table 18, which will move the board 35 into the position shown in full lines in Figure 2, ready to drainthe water toward the table 18, which is in operation.

The projections 39 upon the arms of the feeding tables are provided with shoulders,

or hooks, 10, which interlock with the bottom thus forming stops for limiting the movement of the tables 18 and 20 away from the rolls and holding the tables in a normal positlon, as shown in full lines, Figure 2, ready to receive the clothes to be passed between the press rolls by manually moving either of the feeding tables into the'positions shown in dotted lines, Figure 2, so that the extension portions 32 of the tables will force the clothes into the bite of the rolls, thus avoiding the necesslty' of .the operators fingers being placed near the press rolls. The drain board w1ll be automatically shifted into the operative position relatively to the feeding table whlch is operated. The color stripes upon one of the 'press rolls will attract the eye of the operator as a danger warning when the rolls are in operation.

varlouschanges may be made in the details of construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from our invention.

We claim y 1. A clothes wringer comprising a frame, press rolls rotatably mounted in said frame, a feeding tablemovably mountedupon said frame and movable from a normal position away from said rolls to a position close to said rolls for feeding clothes,- between said rolls, a drain board mounted in said frame "below said rolls, and means forsetting the drain board in an operative position with relation to said table when the table is moved from its normal position.

2. A clothes wringer comprising a frame, press rolls "rotatably mounted in said frame, a drain board mounted in' said frame below said rolls, feeding tables mounted upon said frame at opposite sides of said rolls,'s'aid.

tables being movable independently of each other .to andfrom said rolls for feeding clothes between said rolls, and means upon each table for tilting said drain board into a position for draining toward the side of said rolls occupied by the table which is' in operation. r

3. A clothes wringer comprising a frame,

press rolls rotatably mounted in said frame, a drain board pivotally mounted in said frame, an arm upon said drain board, feeding tables mounted upon said-frame at opposite sides of said rolls, said tables being movable independently of each other from an inoperative position towards said rolls for feeding clothes between said rolls, and a part upon each table adapted to engage. said arm and move said drain board into an operative positirirlrwhen either table is moved towards said ro s.

4. A clothes wringer comprising a frame, press rolls rotatably mounted in said' frame, a drain "board pivotally mounted in said frame, an arm upon said drain board, tables positioned at opposite .sides of said rolls, depending arms at opposite ends of the tables for supporting the same, said arms having inwardly curved lower portions, bearing upon said frame in which the lower portions ofthe arms are pivoted, a projection upon said arms adapted to engage the arm upon the drain board for tilting the latter, a part upon said frame forming a stop, and a part upon said arm adapted to engage said stop when the table is moved away from the rolls.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures.

DANIEL AI '2? MOONEY.

- mark or'ro JAEGER. 

